THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, April 4, 1947
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Happy Easter . .
Fair Warning ...
In an obscure corner of the Daily Nebraskan today is
a box announcing a declaration of war on the staff by
workers on a fly-by-night publication named, oddly enough,
The Cornhusker.
No definite reason has been forthcoming for this sud
den dastardly attack on our fair name, but the hatchet,
long-buried in a safe which no one can open, has been
broken out of hiding and is prominently displayed by the
once-a-year book.
Members of the Daily Nebraskan staff will defend
their honor in cheir usual fearless manner against all of
fensives initiated by the Cornhusker staff.
Personally Speaking
By Norm Leger
Easter has been synonymous with vacation to nearly
every member of the student body since we first noticed
that spring vacation included that Sunday. Most of us will
use that time to rest and relax in our own special ways to
come back for the last stretch of classes this semester.
Always about this time of year, especially when the Ne
braska rain seems to fall unceasingly from grey skies, stu
dents moan about classes, about professors, about the way
things are run and about everything in general. It is a
good time to have a vacation.
One of the sad parts about it is that the end of the
second six weeks period comes right after we return to
school, so we cannot say "Forget about studying," as we
would like to. Neither can we ask the professors to forget
about assignments.
All we can say is "Have a good time during the next
week and we'll see you when you get back."
Bear with us while we make a few observations on the cam
pus political scene. Wednesday's headline of "Independents Carry
Polls" might have misled some of you to think that the barbs, the
unaffiliated students, scored a victory. Believe us, if this was
your interpretation, you couldn't have been further misled.
Let us quote to you from a 1942 election edition of the Daily
Nebraskan. "Despite a thrilling 'barb victory drive' which did re
sult in one of the most hotly contested elections in recent years,
greeks retained their hold on the campus political front in yester
day's spring election.
"To the Union faction" (check that, no hush-hush stuff then)
"went 16 of 22 Student Council positions, the Ivy Day orator, and
two out of three publication board posts."
Now, five years later, the greeks cop 29 seats in the Council
(out of a possible number of 29), three Pub Board members (out
of a possible three), and Ivy Day Orator. And never a stir from
the barbs.
The Student Council theoretically represents the total student
body. The' city campus population, a total of 8,155, is made up of
approximately 25 of affiliated students. If Council membership
were based on barb and greek representation, the barbs would be
entitled to three-fourths of the seats. Tuesday's election gave them
none.
Where does the fault lie? That, friends, is a good question,
Talking this thing over with a number of students on campus (both
affiliated and non) brought out a few of the possible reasons. One
answer conies to us, "the barbs aren't organized as are the greeks
and, therefore, do not have the unification to give them strength."
True, but the barbs were offered a means of representation through
the Cornhusker party, and failed to give it any support. The reason
for this we do not know, unless it be a general lack of interest on
the part of the barbs. The Cornhusker party, lacking a representa
tive number of barbs, could do nothing but put affiliated students
up for offices.
So what is the result? An all greek Council and Pub Board. And
this situation can not be condemned when the barbs have shown
no interest in campus political affairs. One solution offered would
have Council elections based on affiliation in addition to class and
college by setting a specified number of greeks and barbs to be
elected to represent each college. This would give the Council an
equal representation, but would it stimulate interest on the part
of the barbs in campus affairs? The barbs must answer this ques
tion themselves. If their answer is "yes" then they will be justified
In asking for representation on the Council.
Now that we've used our facts, figures, and opinions gathered
from the student directory, the file, Dean Harper's office, and friends
and classmates, let us proceed to look into this matter of how the
greeks so neatly handled the election.
Looking over the election result figures (again), it appears
that the greek women need a faction if they want to be fair about
elections (passing the offices around) which is the purpose of the
men's faction. Out of thirteen social sororities on campus, six of
them are represented on the Council with one house having three
members, one, two members, and four, one member each. Fourteen
out of ' 18 'fraternities on campus have Student Council members.
One house, three members, four, two members, and nine, one mem
ber each. Frankly, we don't believe the women are as justified
as popular opinion would have one think in calling the faction all
the nasty names that they have done so vociferously. Fraternities
cannot be criticized for working together "in union there is
strength" and as revealed by the election results they have worked
together rather fairly.
However, there is a bit of humor in what went on before the
bolls opened Tuesday, and for the sake of humor, we pass it on
to you. Seems as if the faction was a little slow in deciding on
whom they wanted to run for what, and, at the last minute, want
ing to assure themselves of unity asked for fraternity men who
were not faction-backed to withdraw their names, whether they
had filed independently or had been put up on the Cornhusker
party slate. A little confusing, perhaps but most of the boys were
obedient enough to "do as told."
Now that we've had our say, we-must run off to class, strapping
on our .45s as we go. . .
Hedy Phlurgg Records
Add to Spring Vacation
BY DON SIIErilERD.
The war is over, go home!
Sounds just like music, don't it?
Well, it won't be long now, come
Saturday night and ye olde cam
pus will be as bare as Deming's
head. By Sunday night all of
the students will be very busy
raiding the local ice box and ex
plaining to that gal at home that
the picture in the wallet is just
a friend of a friend. The subsis
tence dough will flow like wine
as all hands try to catch up on
home town social life, and the
tires on the old car will be worn
down to the fenders in a mat
ter of days.
Syrup Disc.
The old records will be dusted
off to bring back memories of
the good old days and purchase
of some of the newer records
will gulp some of the lettuce
from the pocket book. Speaking
of records, have you heard
some of the latest song titles
that have been pouring forth
ever the radio? There's a new
waxing by Guy Pesqualla and
his Royal Slobbovians entitled,
"Sitting in the Syrup and Stick
ing to My Honey," a new disc
by Dorsey Shaboo features Hedy
Phlurgg singing "Everybody
Loves My Baby But My Baby
Doesn't Love Everybody 'Cause
She Don't Know Everybody,"
Clem Cowpatch and his Bare
foot Alabama Philharmonic
have just released "When the
Evening Sun Creeps Behind the
Little Shed on the South Forty,
I'll Be Talking To My Cow and
Finding It.Udderly Fascinating,"
and last but not least, that local
favorite of all the campus, by
Jerry Ugh's All-Ghoul orches
tra, "Drunk As I Am, We Can't
Get Married Tonight Because
the Law in Marysville Has Been
Changed; Baby."
Nuts.
Of course, record playing will
not be the only form of enjoy
ment, joy riding in the car will
always share the top honors.
Many of the students will prob
ably buy a new model for this
purpose. And while we're on
the subject of new cars, I hear
that they have finally placed on
the market a model to offer com
petition to the new Studebakers.
This car is so streamlined that
the first buyer went nuts trying
to find the door.
Oh, yes, there will be thou
sands of things to do in the
week that's coming. Cokes will
be devoured by the vat and su-per-dooper
ice cream snagger
oonies will do their bit to boost
the sale of Bromo-Seltzer. Aft
ernoon tennis matches will take
up a good deal of the day while
8 p. m. picnics will once again
be questioned by the parents.
Speaking of parents, a good deal
of time will no doubt be spent
in breaking down the word mis
cellaneous into more tangible
subdivisions to account for the
school budget.
Students on vacation will prob
ably find evidence of scientific
advances around jhe house.
Science has made great strides
lately; there's the warm refrig
erator that has been developed
to keep banana's in, there's the
"Little Jumbo" home smelter for
people who are enraged at the
high cost of steel goods, the new
combination silo-filler and shoe
polishing machine that has been
devised for farmers with a love
for social life. the new pen that
drops hugh blots of ink for peo
who love to fill the "o's" in li
brary books, and also telescopic
stilts for fraternity boys who
feel low all day and high all
night.
Science has crossed a cow
with a mule to get milk with a
kick in it; has come to the con
clusion that insects can talk to
each other, a fact brought to
light because it has been noticed
that moths are always chewing
the rag; defined a "Boron" as
a person who is half bore and
half moron; developed dehy
drated water for people crossing
deserts, has produced chron
ometers complete with gear
shift, alarm, wind direction in
dicator, and a dial which gives
the tide reading at Oak Lake;
and is right now very busily
working on paper on which you
can write under water.
'Mean Committee.
The newspapers will prob
ably get a thorough going over
while everyone is home; I see
that men shot from cannons in
circuses are striking for travel
pay, Senator Bilbois going to be
recommended for a position on
the "Ways to be mean" commit
tee, and that a newspaper repor
ter covering a dance wrote a six
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